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The second Trump administration is reviewing America's military footprint in Europe, and the worst-case outcome is a full withdrawal. Andrew Michta argues that would...
The US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding is being judged on whether it cools tensions in the Persian Gulf. Strategic-studies scholar Andrew Michta argues that's the...
Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...
Strategic expert Andrew A. Michta explores how Russia is capitalizing on the Iran War to consolidate gains in Europe. With U.S. resources drained and...
Too many registrations on the flight plan, ten minutes in Austrian airspace, and photos on a security council's table a week later. The F-117...
The US Navy built the deadliest air-to-air missile of its era, fired it in anger three times, and hit nothing. The pilots who made...
Four Cold War fighters wrote the playbook Ukraine just bought, and almost nobody outside Sweden remembers them. One went to war for the UN...
In October 2001, Boeing lost the largest fighter program ever conceived and nearly lost the fighter business with it. For twenty-four years the company...
Iran is moving to charge ships for passing through the Strait of Hormuz — the waterway that carries a fifth of the world's oil...
A film celebrating ten years of China's Y-20 transport slipped in something no other country has shown on official camera: a sixth-generation fighter refueling...
A decade after it surfaced, China's H-20 has no flying prototype and no production line. The reasons are industrial, not financial: an intercontinental flying...
A new 1.5-gigawatt project in Utah will use five 300-megawatt Holtec small modular reactors rather than two massive conventional ones, part of a broader...
Trump calling Taiwan a "bargaining chip" is the headline, but Denny Roy argues the deeper story is structural: a Chinese military that makes intervention...
For weeks, an August 18 deadline loomed: the day a U.S.–Iran understanding expired, and, by President Trump's own warning, the day fighting over the...
The diplomatic center of gravity in the Middle East has decisively shifted to Riyadh. On June 23, 2026, talks between Iranian Majlis Speaker Mohammed...
Germany still must address a readiness issue: large portions of the army are not considered fully combat-ready, with some readiness estimates for land forces...
The KN-23, North Korea's version the Russian Iskander missile, showed up to fight in the Ukraine war. And it isn't the same platform as...
On May 21, 2025, a brand-new North Korean destroyer rolled over and partially capsized at its own launch ceremony — with Kim Jong Un...
Fake Russian IDs, Orders Never to Be Captured, and 50% Casualties: Inside North Korea’s Secret War in Ukraine The Russian Army has sustained nearly...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...
5 Best Guns for Senior Citizens in 2025 Just because seniors are aging and may not be in the greatest of health doesn’t mean...
Summary and Key Points: Japan’s new Taigei-class submarines, known as “Big Whale,” represent a significant leap in submarine technology, enhancing quietness, stealth, and lethality...
Russia has always struggled with building and maintaining aircraft carriers. Just look at the cursed bucket of bolts Admiral Kuznetsov carrier, which has been...
The F-14 Tomcat Is a Fighter Legend for a Reason In 2006, I was fresh out of the Army in Washington, DC, looking for...
Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington’s Six-Year Downtime: A Major Problem I love aircraft carriers, but I know their limitations. These days, anti-ship missiles could...
